Champagne Campus

your training programme:

Novices

2. The vine

What are the approved grape varieties?

Look at the 3 main Champagne grape varieties and memorise them.

Pinot
Noir

Meunier

Chardonnay

Can you remember the 3 approved Champagne grape varieties?

Click on the correct 3 images.

Champagne has the distinction of being a
white wine
made predominantly from
black grapes.

What is the first task to carry out on the vines after harvesting?

Pruning,
the most fundamental of all vineyard tasks,
is a manual operation which
requires specific training and a diploma.

Pruning begins as soon as the leaves start to fall
and may continue until March.

Pruning is halted between mid-December and mid-January to respect the plants’ winter dormant period.

Why are the grapes harvested by hand?

The Champagne making process requires whole clusters
of grapes to be pressed.

Harvesting is therefore done
exclusively by hand.

1.

Did you know?

Over a three-week period, more than 100,000 pickers, porters, loaders and press operators come to Champagne to harvest the grapes, which is the culmination of the wine-growing year.

Your next stage:

The winemaking process

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